Monday, December 14, 2009

First and foremost, unless you teach kindergarten or have small children, listening to nursery rhymes (regardless of language) is like dragging nails on a chalkboard. Even then, it can be a cruel form of punishment. For only the brave, continue reading.

And who could leave out the Telephone Song? Whether it was intentional or not, this video will make you laugh.

I gotta say that I'm a bit jealous. I mean, the majority of songs from my childhood consisted of church songs, motown, and Elvis Presley eight tracks. I think the only nursery rhyme game that I played was probably Duck Duck Goose.

As far as the quality of the tapes/CDs/mp3s of typical Korean children's music - it's abysmal. I don't know, maybe I just have run into some several hundred bad recordings but it's usually a guy going one-man-army on the keyboard and the same way-too-cute-for-their-own-good-yet-can't-carry-a-tune kid singing all songs in the same dentist drill-like voice. These sweet little shrill voices will haunt your dreams.
If you don't listen to any other Korean children's song, you owe it to yourself to hear....no, see this song. It's a little ditty about carrots.